COMM 2025 Quiz 1

I you have a bad first experience with someone, your future interactions might be clouded by which of the following?

Horn effect X

In which model of communication do we see a sender who originates a message, and sends it through a channel to a receiver, without any kind of feedback taken into consideration?

Transmission model X

In his first lecture Dr H discussed the first chapter of Genesis, one of the holy books of the three major monotheistic religions. The point of that discussion is that communication:

is used to Create X

According to Dr. H's explanation of the grading rubric the issue of credibility asks the question:

"Why should we listen to you?" X

According to Dr H's lecture, making a promise is classified as what kind of communication?

A Speech act X

We have all heard people say, "That person is poor because they are lazy" about people they don't know. This is best described as:

A fundamental attribution error X

__________ is the process by which individuals use symbols and behaviors to exchange information

Communication X

According to Dr. H, which of the following is true?

Communication is different than psychology because psychology researches what is in one's mind. --------These are all true X Communication is different than sociology, because sociology examines the structures of society. Communication is the study of human interaction through symbol use.

Which of the following is true? Compliance-gaining and persuasion are the same Persuasion is always manipulative Compliance-gaining occurs within interpersonal interaction Persuasion focuses on public presentations

Compliance-gaining occurs within interpersonal interaction X

I (Dr. H) am from New Jersey. When I got here to Appalachia there were some things I didn't understand at first, like the idea of kinship. This is because although the Appalachian Mountains go into New Jersey, I didn't understand the _____ here

Culture X

Which is not one of the three ways by which we organize information?

Expectation X

That communication involves two or more people acting in both sender and receiver roles, and that their messages are dependent on and influenced by those of their partner, means that communication is

Interactional X

_______ is a system of symbols, governed by grammatical rules that we use to think about and communicate experiences and feelings.

Language X

People high in this personality trait are insecure, experience emotional distress, and are perceived as unstable.

Neuroticism X

When you bump into someone you know and say, "How are you?" and they reply "Not much", you have bumped headfirst into a problem with _________.

Phatic communication X

"You never get a second chance to make a good first impression" is actually pretty good advice based on what we know about:

Primacy Effect X

According to the text, which of the following is not one of the five forms of communication?

Professional Communication X

According to the text, which of the following is not one of the five forms of communication?

Professional communication X

Which of the following focuses on the study of public communication, particularly oration?

Rhetoric X

________ is the degree to which something attracts out attention.

Salience X

________ is less about your characteristics and attributes, and more about judging and evaluating one's self.

Self-concept X

The stated rules or unstated norms that guide communication is known as the _______.

Social context X

Which of the following is not a way by which we can improve our self-perception?

Supporting our own biases X

In order for be communicatively competent a person must:

must be effective must be appropriate must be able to adapt to contexts ALL OF THE ABOVE X

Identity needs are

our desires to present ourselves to others and to be thought of in particular ways X

Your awareness and understanding of who you are, as interpreted and influenced by your own thoughts, actions, abilities, values, goals, and ideals, is referred to as your_

self-Concept X